Newman Levy, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American lawyer, poet, playwright and essayist
Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1888
Date of Death: 22-Mar-1966
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Newman Levy
- Newman Levy (November 30, 1888 – March 22, 1966) was an American lawyer, poet, playwright and essayist.Levy followed his father, well-known criminal attorney Abraham Levy, into law, but also pursued his own dreams of being a writer.
- Born in Manhattan, he graduated from New York University School of Law in 1911 and worked as an Assistant District Attorney, but found time to write three books of light verse and an autobiography.
- He socialized with New York's literary elite, and collaborated with Edna Ferber on $1200 a Year: A Comedy in Three Acts.
- When George Gershwin asked "I wonder if my music will be played a hundred years from now?" he is said to have answered, "Yes, if you're around to play it!"
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